hello, everyone, thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i'm fredericka whitfield. live pictures from the u.s. capitol as the senate inches toward a vote on the inflation reduction act. the painstaking process started just before midnight in a marathon vote-a-rama session. if passed, it would drive down the cost of some prescription drugs and it promises to make a huge cut to carbon emissions over the next decade.

already big changes are being made to the bill's final form. let's get right to cnn's manu raju live on capitol hill. manu, walk us through the process. >> reporter: democrats are trying to get to final passage of this bill after this marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night. it is still ongoing. there have not been any breaks. it's unclear exactly how this is going to play out because there has been some last-minute drama that's affected senate democrats' ability to get to final passage, this dealing with the issue of the corporate minimum tax, a 15% tax that would be imposed on businesses with more than $1 billion in income. that is a central component in this bill that would help pay for a number of the provisions dealing with health care and climate change, energy issues and the like. but there has been some concerns from senator kyrsten sinema about the 15% corporate minimum tax and its impact on some businesses that may make less than $1 billion, specifically companies that are subsidiaries

of private equity companies that make more than $1 billion. sinema is concerned about this language impacting these subsidiaries, i'm told. at the moment she's considering voting for a republican amendment that could potentially throw a wrench into this process in the late hours here. this amendment offered by senator john thune, republican of south dakota, would nix this provision dealing with subsidiaries who would be impacted by the corporate minimum tax. and sinema is considering joining him. the problem for democrats is that if she does give republicans that critical support, this would get added to the bill. but it has a provision that is viewed by some democrats as a poison pill. in order to offset the loss, $35 billion or so as a result of the changes that sinema and john thune are seeking, they're looking at extending what's known as state and local tax deductions that northeast democrats as well as coastal democrats have been concerned

about, these limitations on the s.a.l.t. deductions. those democrats want to get rid of that. from these high tax jurisdictions, in order to -- they have campaigned for some time on repealing those s.a.l.t. deductions but john thune and kyrsten sinema are proposing to extend the limitation on the s s.a.l.t. deductions, coarsing a snafu late in the process. democrats are trying to find another way to get sinema satisfied behind any changes to exempt businesses from the 15% corporate minimum tax but it's unclear at this hour exactly how they're going to satisfy the concerns of this key democrat. and fred, this is so significant, because all 50 democrats need to be on board in order to get this bill through because we expect all republicans to oppose it. if one democrat changes their vote on some key issue like over this amendment, potentially, it could essentially undercut their ability to get to final passage

here. so even though democrats have been united all night long, trying to get this bill through, they're facing this last-minute wrench in the process, throwing some questions into whether they can get across the finish line, how soon they could get it, and if they get it through here, if this change is made, what would it mean for final passage in the house which had been expected to come on friday, fred. >> i wonder, manu, is there any kind of imposed deadline? is there a feeling, especially among the democratic caucus, that they have to assuage, you know, convince kyrsten sinema by a certain amount of time in order to save the progress they believe they've made? >> reporter: the thing about the way this is playing out right now in the senate floor is that there is no time limit for these amendment votes. in fact it is limitless. these amendments can go on for as long as senators continue to have energy to offer an amendment. the concern that democrats have is that if sinema gets behind this republican plan, it could change things, the contours of

this bill, this delicately-negotiated compromise among democrats and affect the final outcome here. one of the big concerns that democrats, joe manchin in particular who has been key to this deal, has is to ensure the bill saves roughly $300 billion in deficit savings over the next decade. if thune succeeds in stripping out this provision, it could cost the deficit savings by $35 billion. these are the kind of issues they're trying to sort out with sinema behind the scenes, trying to see if she can get behind an alternative plan that all democrats could get behind to get it out of the senate and the house. it shows the complications they're facing here at the last minute. democrats are optimistic they'll eventually get there but they're facing some last-minute drama here as they try to get this bill across the finish line. >> does it seem, manu, that senator manchin is most potentially influential over

senator kyrsten sinema given that oftentimes they seem to have the same approach against or sometimes working with the democratic caucus? >> reporter: this is actually different than -- they're on different pages here. manchin wants to get this bill done. he is not on sinema's side here when it comes to changes to the corporate minimum tax. he has told me today he wants to, quote, land the plane. and as one democrat familiar with the negotiations told me, quote, this is a kyrsten sinema problem. they're trying to resolve her concerns over the 15% minimum tax, her concerns about the impacts on other businesses and whether they can resolve this still remains to be seen as they're trying to figure this out here in this late hour. >> manu raju, keep us posted, thank you so much. so for president biden the inflation reduction act represents a critical piece of his climate and health care ja agenda, if indeed passed.

arlette saenz is reporting from delaware. arlette, the president left the white house on his way for delaware. is there a feeling from the white house that perhaps he was anticipating this would be easy passage and now there's still work to be done? i think we just lost our signal there with arlette saenz. we'll try to reestablish that as best we can. meantime, let's still continue to talk about all this, i want to bring in congresswoman kaster, the chair of the committee on climate, nice to see you. >> nice to see you, frederick. >> it seems there is a moment happening on capitol hill, further negotiations particularly as it pertains to s.a.l.t. or this 15% corporate minimum tax. how concerned are you about this and whether this is holding up what you were hoping to be a

vote and a passage of this bill? >> i think this is very exciting. we are a mere few hours away from panssage of the inflation reduction act which will for the first time allow medicare to negotiate the price of drugs, it will make health care more affordable for millions of americans who go shopping with the affordable care act, 2.7 million floridians, by the way. and it's the most historic investment in clean energy and climate action in the history of america, that comes none too soon as we watch these cascading climate disasters all across america, all across the world. this is a people over politics moment. so many of the family, small business focused policies we've been working on for many months, many years, are about to come to fruition. >> those seem to be all the

things that everyone or at least your democratic caucus seem to be in agreement on. but right now we're hearing that senator kyrsten sinema and having continued talks about a potential amendment that would involve the 15% corporate tax. how concerned are you right now that while this morning you woke up thinking you were going to have a vote and all would be on board with what you're on board with, now come to find out there might be some modifications that hold things up. >> well, the tax provisions are very important, because they pay for the bill. this is a bill that is fully paid for. and we wanted to achieve additional savings to pay down the deficit, to pay off some of america's credit card by requiring all corporations to pay some minimum tax. so it sounds like this is simply a minor wrinkle that they're going to work out. but what cannot be lost is for the first time we're on the cusp

of allowing medicare to negotiate prices to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, which will also for the first time institute a cap on the amount of money that our older neighbors pay under medicare at $2,000. some of those drugs are so expensive. and the drug companies have had power for way too long. they have been calling the shots. this is finally, we've reached the point where the people are going to call the shots and get to put some money back into their pockets for a change. >> as it pertains it the other marquee issue that this inflation reduction act would be addressing, we're talking about the climate crisis. and as it stands now, the bill provides nearly $370 billion to address that. multiple independent analyses say it would reduce u.s. carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. as the chair of the house select

committee on the climate crisis, in your view does this bill go far enough to try to make a dent? >> it makes a huge dent. you have to admit, fredericka, the newsreels from the summer are playing out like a scary disaster movie, whether the floods in kentucky, just yesterday in death valley thousands of people being stranded because of a strange monsoon event, wildfires in the west, drought, drinking water is at risk. the world's top scientists tell us we have a rapidly closing window. we have got to act now. we're out of time when it comes to transitioning to clean energy. and that's what the inflation reduction act does, it makes investments to help lower the cost of energy, whether it's putting solar panels on your roof, energy efficient appliances, it will help you put money into your pocket, making electric vehicles more affordable, and breaking our

addiction to fossil fuels that are fueling these costly climate disasters. last year in america we paid out over $150 billion because of climate-fueled disasters. why don't we take some of those funds and begin to prepare and make the transition to lower cost, clean energy? because clean energy is cheaper energy. >> okay, back to health care related issues. as you know, republicans successfully removed a key provision that would have capped private insulin sales to just $35 a month. according to the american diabetes association, more than 2 million floridians have been -- have diagnosed diabetes requiring insulin. in your view, will there be another opportunity to give your constituents more help as it pertains to insulin?

>> yes, i was sorry to see marco rubio and rick scott from florida vote against a cap on insulin. the drug companies have had us over a barrel for a long time, as i said before, and consumers immediate a relief. what's changed is the enormous profits drug companies and ceos were making. it was good to get some republican votes, that gives me hope that we'll continue to work on it. but insulin saves lives. the fact that republicans oppose the cap on it means that people are going to -- they're probably going to reduce the insulin they take and it's going to hurt their health and it may cost lives in the end. >> we'll leave it there for now, congress one kathy castor, thanks so much for being with us today, appreciate it. >> thank you, fredericka. >> now i think we have reestablished our connection with arlette saenz, there you are, we see you now, traveling in delaware with the president. now there is this moment taking

place on capitol hill as it pertains to the votes on this inflation reduction act and the president has left the white house, now he's there in delaware. was there a feeling before he departed that all the votes would be in? but now there is a hangup or further negotiations involving senator kyrsten sinema. >> reporter: fred, president biden expressed confidence that this bill will be passing the senate later today as he was leaving the white house. he told reporters he thought it would be passing. he is now closely watching along with his white house aides these latest developments regarding this sweeping health care and climate bill that democrats are trying to get across the finish line. president biden is now here in rehoboth beach, delaware, at his vacation home which marks the first time that he has left the white house in 18 days. earlier today, his physician, dr. kevin o'connor, said the president is fully clear to resume his travel and be out of isolation after receiving two

negative tests for covid-19. the president has been cooped up at the white house for the better part of 2 1/2 weeks at this point. now he is spending the weekend, or sunday, at least, here with his family in rehrehoboth beach delaware. later in the week he will travel to kentucky to see the damage and devastation until the eastern part of the state, he'll be visiting with the state's governor as well as families and victims affected by the flood, marking president biden's return to the road after spending so long at the white house due to covid-19. certainly the white house today is very closely watching these votes related to that bill. they are hoping that some of the president's key items in his domestic agenda could potentially be signed into law if the house passes this as well which could happen later in the week. >> arlette saenz, thanks so much. still ahead, buses full of migrants from the southern

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reelection, and the new york city mayor. many of the governor's critics have called his plan a political stunt, busses being sent to new york city with migrants who have volunteered to come to new york city. mayor eric adams has been highly critical of this, calling it not just cruel but also unimaginable and as you're about to hear, calling this effort by the texas governor uncoordinated. >> that's why it's really important that the governor of texas is coordinating. they're not letting us know what time the buses are leaving, they're not letting us know the needs of the people on the bus, they're not giving us any

information. so we're unable to provide and service the people en route. we would like to get that information. there's around 14 that got off, some of them thought they were going to another location. >> reporter: those 14 added to roughly 50 asylum seekers that arrived here in the city on a texas chartered bus on friday. we need to be clear that even th those, the 60 or 65 who have arrived here, we've seen many asylum seekers over the last month, the city saying 4,000 migrants have entered the city's shelter system, a strain for a city that's scrambling to find a place to stay for homeless new yorkers and now you have additional asylum seekers here. what we're hearing from the city is yes, they can come here but it's a matter of coordinating with the state of texas and governor greg abbott. >> polo sandoval, thanks so much, in new york. more than 40 people have

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welcome back. at least 43 palestinians have been killed since friday in the ongoing escalation between israel and islamic jihad militants, that's according to the palestinian health authority. israeli officials say most of those killed were islamic jihad militants. israel also says islamic jihadis have fired 935 rockets toward

israel since friday. cnn's hadas gold is in israel. hadas, give us the latest. >> reporter: just in the last couple of hours, fred, there was a volley of rockets fired towards tel aviv, causing people at the airport to be rushed into shelters. here we're close to the border with gaza and all day we've been hearing the sort of exchange of fire, we've heard the rockets being launched, the booms of it interceptions, as well as israeli jets buzzing overhead on their way to conduct air strikes in gaza. the israeli military saying they've effectively wiped out the palestinian islamic jihad's top security brass, saying they've targeted at least 140 sites, things like rocket launchers and tunnels. the palestinian ministry of health says, as you noted, more than 40 people have been killed and 300 injured as a result of this violence. the israel military saying most of those killed have been

islamic militants. however, the palestinian ministry of health says at least 11 of them are children. the israeli military is saying that at least four of those children were killed in a rocket launch gone wrong, essentially a rocket that lost its power and fell short. now, of course all eyes are on a possible cease-fire. we've been seeing various reports all day long about egyptian mediators trying to put a cease-fire together, initially it was reported it was going to happen at 8:00 p.m., now there are reports it will happen at 11:30 p.m. with cease fires and all these sorts of situations, you don't believe it until there is quiet and often a last-minute volley of violence going both ways to put on a final show before it's over. this is different than what happened in may. hamas has so far stayed on the sidelines, fred. that has kept this from escalating into something even bigger.

>> hadas gold in israel, thank you so much, keep us posted. today chinese forces continued military drills in the waters around taiwan that focused on land attacks and long range missile capabilities. taiwan says it has detected 66 chinese war planes and 14 vessels around the taiwan strait. >> reporter: for the fourth day in a row china conducted live fire exercises in airspace and waters surrounding taiwan. these drills were announced 30 minutes after speaker of the house nancy pelosi left taiwan and started after she left. taiwan's ministry of defense says they spotted 14 military vessels and 66 war planes operating around the taiwan strait, 12 of them crossing the median line. the defense ministry describes the activity they saw on sunday as a simulated attack against

the mainland of taiwan and taiwan's naval vessels. in response to the drills, taiwan's premier accuses china of disrupting regional peace and stability by flexing its military muscle and as a result of china's military activities, the white house summoned china's ambassador to condemn its actions. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken called the drill provocative and said beijing is trying to change the status quo of taiwan. the drills were expected to wrap up on sunday but it seems changes to the status quo are likely. according to chinese state media, china will conduct regular military drills east of the taiwan strait median line, that's closer to taiwan. the median line that separates china and taiwan had been respected for decades. although we don't know what china will do next, it's fair to say things likely won't go back to normal now that the drills are supposed to be over. those heightened tensions and

aggressive maneuvering by china's military could be the new normal. blake essig, cnn, taipei. coming up, america is facing a catastrophic teacher shortage leaving school officials everywhere scrambling to fill classrooms. next i'll talk to the superintendent of one district with currently over a thousand job openings. and their school year begins tomorrow. tide pods child-guard pack helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child saferer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packckaging.

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astepro and go. school districts nationwide are getting ready to welcome students back tomorrow and some classes aren't even fully staffed. as a teacher shortage in america hits crisis levels, some states are scrambling, trying to find creative ways to bring educators into its classrooms. my next guest leads one of those school districts. jesus jara is the superintendent for nevada's clark county school district which serves over 320,000 students. so good to see you. >> it's good to see you, fredericka, thank you for the opportunity. >> absolutely.

and all of this on the eve of school getting started in your school district. and i understand that right now, your school district, you have over 1,400 vacancies, including teaching vacancies, according to the website. what's your plan, how are you going to carry on given you're missing so many employees? >> we're at 92% staffing in our classrooms, that means we have close to approximately 1,300. so our entire team, every licensed educator in the central office will be in our schools. we're looking at administrators that are also in central office, helping our classroom teachers in our buildings. one of the things that my board did about a month ago, a couple of months ago, we really changed the salary and collapsed columns

to increase the pay, we did that trying to bring in and recruit teachers using our arp funding as well from the administration that we have to relocation packages as well. trying all different efforts to try to get our classrooms -- because you're talking about the crisis we're seeing in our classroom, what we're also calling here is really a crisis of inequality. do i have quite a few of our schools that are fully staffed. in my urban core, where i have my neediest children, is where we're seeing the biggest gaps. and our priority is really to be able to fill those vacancies. >> so while you're offering incentives to try and fill some of those vacancies, in the meantime you've got kids who are going to show up tomorrow. i'm wondering what kind of modifications you're making, might it be in classroom sizes to make up for teachers that you're still looking to fill positions, but then you've still got a lot of kids to teach.

so does this mean in some cases class sizes are bigger because you're consolidating? >> absolutely. i mean, we already had a large class size here in nevada. one of the things we're also offering is teachers giving up planning periods, taking on extra load, principals combining classrooms. we're increasing the salary for substitute teachers to try and get adults in front of our kids. we're proud of the work our principals are doing and our staff that's here. our teachers are tired but they show up every day. this is not the private sector, we can't cancel flights. we'll teach the children when they show up to school tomorrow. >> in fact that underscores, this is adding new stressors to your educators who already feel pretty stressed out. what are they telling you about

what they need? >> yeah, one of the things that, you know, yesterday i met with the board of our teachers union and the conversation is they need time, they need resources. it's, how do we partner to really address the working conditions. and i think one of the things that we need to have a national conversation, so really appreciate you taking the lead on this, because we need to have a national conversation about our teacher working conditions, our pay. and what we really believe in america, in our public schools, in our educators. when we close for the pandemic, our teachers really didn't go home and not work. our teachers just shifted, added extra load, to do something online, which is not what they're trained for. so i'm so proud of our 18,000 educators. we met our kids' needs to the best of our ability. but really looking at how do we then address this ongoing, because for us, the problem is

not going away. so, you know, we need to look at how we get more young adults into our schools of education so they can become teachers and really change lives. >> so you don't see the problem going away, so what do you largely blame as to why there is this teacher shortage? >> well, i think what we're looking at here, you know, i can tell you in the state of nevada, there's only about 900, you know, graduates that graduate out of the school of education. we're not seeing folks going into education. and -- >> and why is that, do you think? >> well, i think it's the rhetoric, when you really look at what the public, you know, and the conversations that are nationally across public education. i can tell you, we graduate -- the beauty of our public education is that we graduate kids from all walks of life. and we educate them. last year, we had over $240

million in scholarships, kids going to the top universities in the country, to the kids that are, you know, making it out the door who we're pushing. we teach the entire community. we're not selective. and i think the calculation needs to be about what do we believe in this country, what do we believe in nevada around our public schools and our most precious asset in this community, which is our children. and i think that, that and how do we value our hardworking educators. you're seeing -- and i think we had a kid here who was homeless, one of our high school seniors, and went back into the classroom. he is starting at one of our schools tomorrow, and he came back to give back to this community. >> oh, my goodness. >> give back to the school system that gave so much to him. that, we need to continue to celebrate, the great work that our teachers are doing in our schools. >> that is tremendous.

>> because this is not just clark county. i mean, i see it with urban districts across america. it's all happening there, it's happening with my colleagues in our communities here in nevada as well. so this is a bigger mo mobilization. >> it is indeed. best of luck for tomorrow and the rest of the school year. jesus jara, thank you so much. >> thank you. we'll be right back. , , “o”. another sam m octoberfest? nein. make it ten! i like this guy. (cheers) [zoom call] ...pivot... work bye. vacation hi! book with priceline. 'cause when you save more, you can “no way!” more. no wayyyy. no waaayyy! no way! [phone ringing] . no way! no way! preline. every trip is a big deal. [upbeat music playing] ♪ welcome to home sweet weathertech home.

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. w. kamau bell is back with an all new episode of "united shades of america," talking about how communities have been affected by the recent rise in hate crimes. >> this is jackson heights, queens. we've talked about you bringing me here for a long time. >> my schedule is free. this part of jackson heights is little india. it's south asian now. so many diverse cultures. one thing they have in common is you'll see lots of sari shops, silk saris. obviously lots of

lots of restaurants. basically, gold, silk. it was boston heights. >> w kamau bell is the host of "united shades of america." we need to talk about cosby, congrats again, and co-author of the new book, "do the work" which is available now. congrats to that too. i think i told you that last time, but continue. that's awesome. kamau, in this episode, you talked to a very diverse collection of people within the asian american community. chinese, korean, indian, kids, comedians, politicians. did you find that there was kind of a common thread about the experiences that they wanted to share with you? >> yeah, i think that 2020 was a sort of a line in the sand for many of us, particularly the asian american community and the rise in hate crimes against asian americans, and ways in which it looked like on social media that black people were attacking asian americans at some high level, that it was a

black versus asians happening. and i think they realized those in position of power and authority have to stand up and be clear what side of history they want to be on and stand up in their community. i've seen that happen in a lot of different ways. >> clearly not the many who are good friends with you, but was it a delicate topic? >> no. i think that the ones we talked to really understand that the time is now. we talked to julie wong, who is a politician in new york city. we talked to the dragon kids, who are a bunch of chinese americans in elementary school, they have a podcast. they all understand that this time is now. and the kids, the only time they know is now, but it's not hard to talk right now because they see how critical it is to stand up for their communities. >> you also talk about the role of representation and how it plays a significant part of all of this, of trying to get progress going. and what did you learn? >> well, you think about shong

chi, seeing people like them on screen in a marvel movie and being spectacular. if you look at the origins, it was not created by asian american comic book creators. if you look at the first issues in the day, there is some racism in there because they weren't being careful about how they portrayed shong chi. it's got to be right and put in the hands of people who know what they're talking about. >> something else you talked about san francisco a current dynamic of minorities being pitted against one another. what did you -- what did you find was revealed? >> well, you know, we talk a lot about the myth of the model of minority, which is the idea been putport post world war ii idea of asian american community being the model of minority. they are high achievers. they're framed as being high achievers, of not fighting back, of being quiet and keeping their

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all right. while more than 70 million americans are dealing with heat alerts across the nation, torrential rain is expected in other parts of the country. let's get to meteorologist tom sater. so tom, first, this heat. when might there be some relief? >> maybe november, fredricka. >> gosh. >> the way this summer is going. it's the haves and the have-nots. we talked about the rain too. the record-breaking rain, the tragedies from kentucky to st. louis. dallas hasn't had a drop of rain since june 3rd. advisories are issued for a reason. we've got it in the pacific northwest, southern california a little bit there, and parts of mississippi and louisiana and the northeast. where in new york city you got up to 92 degrees before a

thunderstorm moved in. we now have a severe thunderstorm warning for staten island, jersey city, newark. we've had up to 2,000 flight delays. so again, with the heat building this week, even though it gets better by wednesday in boston dropping from the low 90s to the mid-60s, you can still see it in areas of the pacific northwest. not so much seattle, but inland. portland, medford, triple-digits. and that heat in the pacific northwest, fredricka, kind of slides into the middle of the country. we've been seeing this heat dome making its way across all the lower 48. everybody is getting in on the summer heat. we also have the heavy rain. when you have really high temperatures and you have thunderstorms move in, we've got a flash flood warning south side of chicago. still have those watches, though, for eastern kentucky. we're up to the north, already thunderstorms with these flight delays in chicago have dropped 3 to 6 inches of rainfall. and it's not over with yet. get ready, detroit. get ready, cleveland. we'll have more rain on the way. mainly the northern tier states. if you look at the forecast models, how it kind of makes its way from east to west across the

congratulation. cleveland, chicago another round by morn for you. unfortunately, this means when it drapes southward, fredricka, we'll have another problem in eastern kentucky dealing with that tragedy right now. the bulls-eye from chicago points west. >> some tater, appreciate that. hello, everyone, thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i'm fredricka whitfield. happening right now on capitol hill, major developments as the u.s. senate is now poised to move forward toward a final vote on a comprehensive climate and health care bill. the sweeping legislation known as the inflation reduction act has gone through an exhaustive process that began just before midnight. the bill promises to lower prescription drug costs and take huge steps to combat emissions. cnn's manu raju has been there on capitol hill since thwe